LUKEVILLE — Ajo Border Patrol Station agents apprehended a group of 216 Central Americans Saturday near Quitobaquito Springs, west of Lukeville.
The group contained 99 adults and 117 children, just 20 of whom were unaccompanied by an adult family member, said a release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Arizona.
The U.S. Border Patrol is encountering illegal immigration at the highest rates since 2007, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security released in February.